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Peter, contempt is easy
The harder choice is our only hope
Dear Peter,
It’s easy to stop listening to people when we disagree with them. It’s easy to let frustration take over and dismiss another person when their values conflict with ours. Contempt is easy.
Love is the harder choice, but it’s also our only hope.
At Washington National Cathedral, we are committed to doing the hard work that leads to life and hope, for the sake of our own souls and for our nation and the world.
With the help of Cathedral supporters like you, we’re creating a platform for respectful conversation, compassion and shared values in public life at a time when things feel divided. Our “A Better Way” initiative encourages us to treat one another with dignity, to care about the common good and to look for understanding across differences.
This work is urgent and growing. To sustain it, we must finish our fiscal year strong by June 30.That’s why I’m writing to ask you, if you’re able, please make a gift of any amount today.
We’re seeking to raise $300,000 by June 30,and your gift can go twice as far right now thanks to a $50,000 challenge from a generous Cathedral friend. (If you’ve already made a fiscal year-end gift and our letters crossed, thank you!)
Peter, every worship service, concert, forum and building repair is an expression of our Cathedral family’s desire to support hope and healing. We receive no federal funding or financial contributions from any national church body.
That means this work depends on people like you.
Your gift today will join with others from across the country to help us move forward with the programs and services you love. Thank you for being a part of this work.
In Faith,
The Very Rev. Randy Hollerith
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Ecclesiastes 4:13-16 – Solomon’s Warning: Pride, Power, and Fleeting…
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Ecclesiastes 4:13-16
(13) Better a poor and wise youth
Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.
(14) For he comes out of prison to be king,
Although he was born poor in his kingdom.
(15) I saw all the living who walk under the sun;
They were with the second youth who stands in his place.
(16) There was no end of all the people over whom he was made king;
Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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The story flow is translated in a choppy manner, but it goes like this: A young man born without wealth, who even spent time in prison, unexpectedly rises to power. As a young king, he listens well and rules well, but in old age, he becomes proud, losing his throne to a younger man. By this time, the kingdom was large and powerful, but Solomon forecasts that the new king’s fame will not last long. He, too, can expect to lose his office, and the people who formerly cheered for him will cease appreciating him.
Solomon does not dwell on why the original king became hardened to his counselors’ advice. Nevertheless, he closed his ears to their advice, and his rule ended in some degree of disgrace. Solomon gives the impression that he thought the original king foolish because he lost the support of those who originally helped him to power and the nation to prosperity.
The overall subjects of these four verses are a subtle warning about pride, and more obviously, the instability of political power and the fickleness of popularity. He makes the point in the last part of verse 16 that the younger man who replaced the original king will in turn discover history repeating itself, and his career will run much the same course as the man who preceded him. He will find that the time will come when the citizens no longer accept him either, and he will be removed from his leadership position and replaced by another.
Therefore, one must understand that public life contains a significant downside that can render life turbulent. Fame is fleeting, and everybody is expendable. A second, related lesson shows a cause of the instability: The public is fickle. Because of the self-centeredness of human nature, most people operate toward their leaders on the principle that “I believe you were good in the past, but what have you done for me lately?”
One of the items Solomon describes here touches to some degree on the frequent changes of leadership that our election system produces. Each administration begins with the citizens hopeful for its success, but by the time the next election occurs, those hopes are largely forgotten. Each election gives the citizenry an opportunity to express their accusations, creating, at times, significant emotional, social, and economic disturbances in the culture, as people vent their dissatisfaction with the current administration. During the next election, the nation endures the same process, but rarely does anything change for the better in its quality of life. Instead, history overwhelmingly shows that matters of quality of life, which involve morality to a significant degree, grow worse. The public quickly forgets that previous elections changed little or nothing.
Solomon may have had Joseph, son of Jacob, and his experiences in Egypt in mind as his illustration. One can draw parallels from elements of Joseph’s life in Egypt, during which he spent time in prison (Genesis 41). At Pharaoh’s command, he was released from prison and placed in authority over the entire nation (Genesis 41:37-46). He received great acclaim because of his leadership during the difficult circumstances of the famine. However, the final note of his story is what Solomon writes, “Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him.” Moses states in Exodus 1:8, “Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.” We know this affected the plight of the Israelites, or God would not have acknowledged it.
— John W. Ritenbaugh
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Ecclesiastes and Christian Living (Part Five): Comparisons
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Examination of Conscience
The daily examination of conscience is an ancient Catholic practice. It’s very simple, and it’s designed to help us identify our sins and weaknesses so that we can improve and grow stronger in the spiritual life, while providing an excellent ongoing preparation for regular Confession. It consists of taking a few minutes at the end of the day to prayerfully review our actions in the light of God’s commandments, followed by the Act of Contrition.
Reflect on the victories and losses
Actively reflecting on the high and low points of the day can help you live more intentionally and bring a renewed sense of resolve into the following day.
- Review your actions, words, and thoughts today. Did you actively guard yourself against temptation? Where did sin creep in?
- In what moments did you practice virtue and moral courage?
- Were you attuned to the Holy Spirit’s promptings today? Where did you feel His inspiration?
- Ask Him for the graces necessary to follow His Will more purposefully tomorrow.
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.
Practice gratitude
It is God’s love that has brought you into existence and to this exact moment. Practice looking for His hand in your day.
- Where did you feel His loving gaze upon you today?
- What people or moments helped you see God in your life?
- Thank God for all these moments!
- Ask Him to help you recognize His blessings and providence tomorrow.
Renew your commitment to Christ
Remember: our Faith is founded upon a Person—Christ! Renew your personal love and devotion to Him.
- Thank God for the gift of His Son Jesus and our call to be His disciples.
- Tell the Lord of your desire to know Christ more personally.
- If possible, set an intention for your day tomorrow. Ask Our Lord to guide you in this act.
- Pray a Hail Mary, Our Father, or another beloved prayer.
Rest with God
The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. — Psalm 50:1
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